What do you do when you see an employee miss a deadline or interrupt someone in a meeting? Most leaders jump to conclusions when considering how to address employee behavior, whether they intend to or not. They start labeling the behavior as a sign that they are lazy, disrespectful, or don’t care. Assumptions are rarely accurate, and even when they are, they're still a poor substitute for understanding. On today’s episode of The Champion Forum Podcast, we talk about the power

Most leaders today are trying to solve disengagement with perks, strategy, and systems, while ignoring the one thing human beings most starve for: belonging. On today’s episode of The Champion Forum Podcast, I interviewed Dov Baron, author of The Art of Belonging. Dov argues that fitting in is actually destroying innovation, loyalty, and, perhaps most of all, human potential. He believes most organizations unknowingly create cultures where people amputate parts of themselves

Fear has a significant impact on people’s emotions, communication, and performance, and, left unchecked, it will also start to change your culture. A recent Forbes article discussed what many are calling a hidden crisis called the Fear Economy. The article discussed rising employee anxiety, emotional exhaustion, burnout, economic uncertainty, and fear about AI and job stability. Every day, people show up to work carrying fear: the fear of being replaced, of becoming irrelevan

Thank you for listening to The Champion Forum Podcast with Jeff Hancher! Have you heard that we are in an empathy recession? And what does that even mean? Leaders are under an immense amount of pressure, and when leaders become overly focused on results, efficiency, and execution, empathy is often the first thing sacrificed. On today’s episode of The Champion Forum Podcast, we will discuss what the empathy gap is, why it matters, how leaders create it, and how to close it. Be